A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from La Libertad in El Salvador. Exact location of earthquake, -89.2937° West, 13.2169° North, depth 59.63 km. The temblor was detected at 01:31:29 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10007ulc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007ulc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.63 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/01/17 / 2017-01-21 07:31:29 / January 21, 2017 @ 7:31 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Apopa (c. 112 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santiago de María, Concepción de Ataco, Usulután (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km S of La Libertad, El Salvador.
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